Range Rover Sport SVR Name Confirmed, SUV Teased Again in Video

Land Rover is teasing the racier Range Rover Sport once again in another video, which features the high-performance SUV variant speeding around the track. But if you're looking for the rumored "R-S" badge on the SUV, you won't find it. That's because the British automaker has also confirmed the more powerful Rangie will be called the Range Rover Sport SVR.

The video starts with the Range Rover Sport SVR racing on the Nürburgring, and we can hear the supercharger being put to work as it buzzes along. Although we don't yet know what the SVR variant hides underneath its hood, we expect it to be powered by the 550-hp version of the supercharged 5.0-liter V-8 used in the most powerful Jaguar models. This high-powered Rangie shouldn't come as too much of a surprise since the narrator in the video says, "This is everything that you'd expect from one of our cars." With that said, we expect it to be plenty fast since the Range Rover Sport already puts out 340 hp by way of a supercharged 3.0-liter V-6, and 510 hp with the supercharged 5.0-liter V-8. "It's a Range Rover Sport, but not as you know it," the narrator says as the video comes to an end.We first started speculating a more powerful Range Rover Sport was in the pipeline when we spotted the SUV sporting more aggressive bodywork. The prototype featured heat extractor hood vents, a revised bumper cover, and a larger lower center air intake. We hear previously that the variant could wear "R-S" badges, but Land Rover confirmed it will be called the Range Rover Sport SVR on its Instagram page.

While we don't know much else about the Range Rover Sport SVR, we expect to find out more when the sporty SUV makes its unofficial debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this week.Source: Land Rover via YouTube